In this simple post, I’ll show you how to find the Hyper-V hostname of a virtual machine. This would be useful for finding out which host a particular VM is running on. There are a number of ways to do this. For example, adding the host to Hyper-V Manager would probably be the easiest method….
In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a simple Powershell script that sends a Microsoft Teams notification whenever someone logs into a computer or server. There are a number of reasons you might want to setup a login notification like this. Auditing login/logoff events Monitoring critical servers Keeping an eye on highly-sensitive…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to copy (upload) files to Google Drive using a simple Powershell script. This is a great way to automate the process of moving items to the cloud for backup and retention purposes. On my home server, I have a storage array specifically for backups (R:\) I…
In this guide, I’ll show you how to deploy the open source time tracking app Kimai in a Docker container. Kimai is free, browser-based (so it’ll work on mobile devices), and is extremely flexible for just about every use case. It has a stopwatch feature where you can start/stop/pause a worklog timer. Then, it accumulates…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to make Google Chrome the default browser using Group Policy (GPO). This guide applies to Windows Server 2012,2016,2019, 2022 as well as Windows 8/10/11. To do this, there are several steps you’ll need to do. It’s not as simple as just creating a GPO and applying…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to create a Powershell Scanner in PDQ Inventory that report if the Log4j / Log4Shell exploit is found on any vulnerable endpoints on your network. Full disclosure, I didn’t create this scanner and want to credit this Reddit post for posting it. However, I know a…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to delete Google Chrome’s cached logins using Powershell. I will also show you how to delete the Microsoft Edge cache of saved credentials as the process is very similar. To do this, I am using a combination of Powershell and pushing it out with PDQ Deploy….
In this post, I’m going to show you how to get a list of virtual machine names from a list of Hyper-V host servers. Once you have this info, you can export the results to a CSV. This is a very simple command and is a great way to query a list of Hyper-V host…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install Snippet Box in a Docker container. Snippet Box is an application that lets you organize your code snippets. You can add things docker-compose configs, Powershell scripts, batch files you run, your Homer dashboard configuration, or any other snippets of code you’d like to store…
At my company, we are in the process of rolling out Bitwarden Enterprise as our corporate password manager. I’ve used Bitwarden personally for years, so I’m very excited to implement a tool I use everyday to furhter secure the entire company. However, one thing that was not mentioned anywhere in the Bitwarden documentation or Bitwarden…